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THURSDAY1,' : JULY"; 1; 1! THE OREGON ' DAILY JOURIIAL, PORTLAND OREGON iva. jacilsos., ...... .......... rwhf ( Be odtp. b eonfident. b ehftU aae jw i others 70a would hr the do -cnt yott. 1 mto fublUed ry k day and Blindaj 2t! t The Journal Battdin. Broadway ud bill street, f ortland. Ofraon. - Xntmnd at Postoltic at Portland, Ofeoo, for nma umua ue snau cteas outui. TELWHONKS Mxim 1173. Automatic S0-1. AO department tsscbed by tlx enrntwra. rOKKIGN ADVEETLJtNO BEPBESKNTATIVK Benjamin KUo t.. Brunswick Bu.ld.n,, 224 .ifUTaMniia. Kw Sorts M -Alien Itiiildina; Queaso. ' rwjeel sdisrtism- eopy which tt Juibi. U also will 5Tta,t "'fS " th. in ui way imul.U readins Bttr o that cannot readily b I" turn. 1 , - . ' SEBSCRUPTIDN BATES B carrier, city and nin v lain xnMt'lT rw, , uth . IT Vf AILAXI. KATES rAIAnl.fi i:x auwv. OM'yitl '8-2? Bis montJMV i-.-. . DAILY " (Without Sunday) On yr 8 00 Fix .month. . 8.2a Thr Bctb.. 1.7S On Month ..... .60 WEKKLT (Xrary WdDlay1 On year. ...C.Sl-00 Biz month...., .SO Three month.. .2.2 Ona moDtk i . .1 . STJNDAT tOnly) . On !' , . ... . " 8tx months. . i'i Thro moatbs. . . l-0 WIMT.T ASH SUNDAX : ' Ona year...80 These rate apply only m w Kat ta Eastern point InrnUhMl on TOB Won, . JrfaJw wmittaaeee by Money Order, EfPJ Order .or Draft -IX your postofHes ia J Money Order Offie. 1 or S-eent aUmpe U1 accented. , Make all remitUacaa payable ta The carnal, Portland. Oregon. Many politician . arex in tb haMt of laying it down aa a aelf -evident proportion that 'no-people oueht to b Xr tilt- they are fit to use their freedom! ' Tha maiim -to worthy bf tha fqol in tha oUl to-ho, reaolred riot to so int the water tiu b bad learned to wim. Macaulay. 1 . IN FORCE TODAY i "T"0DAY the reckless driver becomes 1 his own worst enemy. The driv- ers license laVv s now In effect' It means that the driver whose reck lessness makes trouble for society is In turn, outlawed by society his license to operate an automobile will taken away and he will have". to walk or ride the street cars. It means the reckless driver1 "will not -be per- minted to collect continued tolli of I nr. 1 i.k t,a k- f.H n ,vr;.r,T 1(V CB.A4VA. lilUtf OUU J J VVU J of a fine. It means" the state is going into, the -business of ' protecting Its IvAnttv rVm .nil'lacQTico urif h tha most , puwenui weapon nereiuioie known in this state. ' It means that the dangerous driver is to be singled out, 'jerked from the wheel of his automobile,? and 1 forever prohibited irora orivins cars ju wrcguu. , 'AppUcaUon ofthe IaW is epochal In the accident prevention campaign. It marks the .beginning of a new era. It" is the : dividing line between death and safety.' Under its operation-there will - still be killings, bht there will be fewer killings and fewer, injuries. The reckless drivers will be weeded out, many' at first; and then in de creasing numbers until only the sane and near-sane pilots will remain on the streets. ; ..-, t " Before, drivers: participated In acci dents, and , accidents, J and accidents. They 1 mutilated' arid maimed.? They smashed Into property '. and V people when they were sober and when they were drunk.; They careened up -and , down, the principal -'streets of the city in races to the death. They threat ened to- convert l Portland thorough fares Into a shambles. . . One driver; was involved wJth the police- 14 times in five mopths. He , smashed and crashed to the right and to the -left "He injured three- people in three' collisions within 'one hpur. The famous Sorenson had four smVsh ups in 60- minutes or one every; 15 He had 'previously' stood trialr for kill ing a woman in' a collision. Joe Mielke had his record, and there are scores of - others' ' ' - "But their; licenses 'could not be re voked. The car licenses could be de nied, but they could drive other ma chines. Their reckless careers could not be eff ectively stopped.' Fines were, in practice, the sole deterrent: " . But, injuries and killings increased. There were seven killings In 1919 to every four in 4918. 'Conditions became so bad that Captain Lewis of the traf- fio bureau appealefcr to The JbufnaY! for aid in reducing -the number of accidents and the attendant toll. The .flitiucut ;4c,cuuuu vauivei&u whs ju- ; augurated. Citizens, officials, and or ganizations took up : the fight for sjjfet.v. The ramnalom,rnl(1 in na sage of the licensing drivers act, an act to weed out the reckless and the "physically,- mentally .and - morally unfit. !v -. - : r The law will break the backbone of recklessness with automobiles. It will be enforced, enforced without fear or , f aver. And to a large extent "Its ap plication signalizes the passing of the ' reckless. ; In - tp last 1 0 years, the : Pacific - coast that once spurned ; coins of smaller 7 denomination than the five- cent piece has become an aggrega tion of penny counting communities. We pay street car fare buy .soda water and even loaves of bread, with pennies; But there is ,oneplace where the penny; isn't pinched, be cause the penny, isn't. The Tukon Development ., league at Dawson a fewtays go laughed out of the Ses sion a resolution to introduce dimes, nickels and pennies into circulation. On the; contrary! one burly miner proposed,-' Xets make the smallest coin a dollar; it - buys no more now than a nickel did a few years ago." WAITING TO HEAR A GREAT many ; people of Oregon i.-..tJ. Ill A W 111 - - rjmanf a V I '7 , political ornce .-may promise one thing to the "public and then, in good faith, perform contrary to his promise. More than a few believe that he. astute lawyer and i skilful logician though he may; be, would have diffi culty in ; framing a : syllogism that would prove, such ; a conclusion. . So far McCamant has failed to offer any explanation -satisfactory -to those people who believe that laws are en acted to be obeyed, and that promises, whether publicly or privately ' made. are things to be kept. Monday eve ning quite an. audience greeted ' Mc Camant when he addressed the "Roose velt Republican 'club, many bfthose present undoubtedly having" attended because of the announcement that he would "answer the criticisms" which had been made as a result of his hav ing promised the 'people one thing wherf a candidate -for delegate while he did another thing after hls election. When he ignored the subject the audi ence seemed - disappointed, ; many ' of them leaving the hall as he concluded his address. : V- :; -v- -: -'-i.rc, Had McCamant; as a candidate, been frank -and outspoken In his dislike of lUsam' Johnson; had he printed In the Voters pamphlet that he 'would not.vpte for Johnson even though the voters made - him f their . .prefefence , at the pruriarj election; had he" nbtsaid on Uie contrary that ; he ; had "avoided committing himself to any candidate" that he "might be in a better , position to support the candidate-; who wins iout at' the Oregon primary," then the present unpleasant dilemma might not have confronted him. He might have been left at horie tY "the votera. :' J ; r: Ks '"V-'L p;-it is a, sail spectacle when a man j who -'. claims commanding ; position among the leaders-oft the Oregon bar places, himself .in ; opposition v to c the very evident-intent and purpose of a law enacted" In thi" Interest of politi cal morality and "good government. It is a sadder spectacle yet! to'' satt him attempt, by quibble and evasion, to Justify not only his avoidance of the law but the breach' of his written promise to the voters to' whom he ap pealed for. election, and -who,: in great probability, yielded him thejionor of their suffrage because of his promise; ii'Z ' 1 J Tf h . J IsT 1 , 1 T McCamant has beer loud ia his de- mand, thai . "100 per cent 'American ism" be the stahdard of our common schools, our colleges : and our people generally. ; .There j can be , no - such Jhlng when those who pose as leaders openly debauch, the law. '.. , And now Africa has been bit by the bug : of ; unrest. ; . Cast-off unj- Lforms have been currency in the purchase 'jot Ivory and rubber ' and other - exportable r products . of the dark continent, says the Nation's Business. But the English discarded their red coats and the French' their blue trousers, all in favor of khaki. which Is almost entirely lacking in decorative possibilities. 1 If . the Scotch only knew It, they could go into Africa with a shipload of plaid kilties and grab the trade of the whole continent. ; - NO ftJIXOWERS NO CITY in the United States rep resented at last weekV national convention of the Shrine felt cuffl, clently audacious to attempt' to follow Portland next year in the entertain ment of the great gathering; , Portland's hospitality, said delegates from cities like Cleveland, who came here determined to win the conclave, struck a new high note.- It was, they affirmed, magnificent i unstinted and beyond every, precedent : .So the .1921, Shrine convention went to Atlantic City, which has the board walk but has no Shrine temole. jne fenrlners will meet in aity that manes commercial hospitality at high rates of compensation a business. . Portland, amid the circle of national cities,, may be likened to the hostess who has entertained a guest so well that her social neighbors feel extin guished and employ the services of the. leading hotel and chef as a com fortable means of avoiding .embarrass ing comparisons. ' ; , c r . , . i ; Portland's hospitality was the best she could -of f er f rom ' the heart out. Port tend- is -happy It was -so appre-t ciated. ; .- One person was killed in New York, in one ' of four storms that swept the city after a 'day of fear ful heat. We have neither the fear ful heat nor the destructive storms In Oregon. .' , GOLDMAN IN RUSSIA 7MMA GOLDMAN doesn't like Rus- sia, bhe doesn't like sovietism. Although she thought Bolshevism was quite the thing in 'America, she, finds that It.is "just jrolten" in Russia. Miss Goldman ; recently urged newspaper correspondent to tell the people of America how rotten soviet ism is and how impracticable. She admonished him ' to "hit - out from ihe shoulder.'! This Ishat she said: , .Tou may be caUed juCi agent of tho capiUlisUc .. class - by the - people . in America "who don't understand. If you are; tell them we have been here four months, and now we know. We have investigated factories, homes and Insti tutions a.a no newspaper man can be permitted to investigate them, and we've found them bad. I know from my -conversation with yoji you ; have rotten at . the Jieart ot the matter, li s up-to you to tell the American people and tell them straight. The information she wanted tne correspondent to gfve to the. American people- Is that , sovietism Is tyranny and that nationalization of Industry has proved to be "rotten.". - ; Speaking of her, followers and their beliefs while fn America, Miss Goldman declared that "we blinded Loorselves to the faults of the Marxian 5ry accomplish something. ,But w always knew the Marxian theory was Impos sible, a ! breeder of tyranny." Miss : Goldman and her fellow an arch ists -have found that America w,ith its freedom of speech, ballot, and ac tion; lis liberal, government, its peo ples government and pontican mae- pendenc$,.is not so badly in need of reformation. " The ' home, .the : family and . the church that she : flayed so vociferously during her years of an archistic preaching in this country she finds, are much preferable to Bol shevism Irf Russia. ; She also discov ers that there are theories of govern ment that are quite excellent to ex- pouna 10 certain classes uv uut bu desirable In practice, i And there are 100,000,000 people In the United States who feel quite as Miss Goldman "says she feels about the -soviet eystcm ,of Russia. - . , " - The removal of three small shoals by dredging . In the Umpqua river and harbor' would "admit vessels ca pable of carrying : a . million feet"' of sawed lumber. As it is, small ves sels only can negotiate the channel of this great potential center of lum ber supply. ..... If a , little work can bring big ships and big forests to gether at this moment of .the world's great need for lumber, why shouldn't it be donef THIS HANDIWORK S O DIFFERENT was the day of the '-Oregon pioneer from that of 'his descendants that it cannot be visual ized beyond the dim perspective tak ing shape out of its accomplishments. Even then a wrong.conceptlon may be formed .through the fallibility of hu man nature, the credibility of wit nesses, the inherent . prejudices of judges and Incompleteness of testi mony. ;";' ; i.; ;;;-r!. The. day of the Oregon pioneer was individualistic and one of self-help. Self-reliance was the measure of suc cess. With an inborn sense of liberty, civil and religious, inherited from the generations gone before, the "pioneer of Oregon wa$adapted to perform the part assigned him by. Providence In ithe drama oPhuman development 4The day- of, the! Oregon pioneer was one ra which Interest vas; centered in the community. The railroad and the telegraph had not yet brought cities and states! into commercial In terdependence. ; The' time had not yet arrived, as it has in the present day. when the whole world Is so intimately connected that disaster or develop ment creates a wave which; spreads around the globe. . ; -. Whatever motive may have' led the pioneer to Oregon, whether, his rest less spirit taking flight at .the growth of population in the Mississippi and Missouri valleys,, whether the trapper in pursuit of the beaver, : whether the missionary dreaming of the Chris tianizing of the Indian or whether the trader seeking fortune, the result In cidental to desires that may have been purely selfish ' is a magnificent com monwealth In which the pioneer and his descendants take a glowing pride. "Pithed with hardihood, the Oregon pioneer has lived to build, not boast a rich empire. ; j In the shadow ot the stone on stone which- he laid yHtii bleeding hands and aching back, he' rests and all that he has built he discerns. i One man was partially blinded and another rendered unconscious : by ; a small amount of moonshine whiskey recently confiscated; in Oregon- by federal prohibition agents. Knough of the poisonous fluid, was seized to kill a score of, persons who" might drinks it, experts say. That is the brand of liquor Any man may re ceive who purchases moonshine pro duced In tin and Iron stills. - ; FEATHERS AND SHOES i A RIBBON, a feather, a bright new dress and mayhap- a pair of glossy 6hoes are the' evidence at first hand the the gray old question "why girls go wrong." As the social workers took- up -the problem in the quiet of Library hall tne lurtner question was of preven tion." .' '- How shall a girl be saved for. home and decent motherhood and a- true woman's honored place in the scheme of life? - There . are . various -theories, . but most - of them "treat symptoms. - Un suspected surveillance; was suggested. Why not start back of that? A home, a real , home. Is that not the first essential id the wholesome career of a girl ? Does not the respon sibility Vgin with the ' mother,- and not less with the father ? . ' , h Parental affection f and discipline. wen commingled, have no substitute. Despite more modem" teaching which frowns upon the ferule, Solomon's wise saying, "Spare the rod and spoil tne cnild. has not been controverted But punishment should be governed by love and never ought J be admin istered In a moment of anger. Usefulness and innocent, pleasure must be served together in any home where there are children. The mother who says,; "I: was. compelled to rise early and attend to household duties when . I was ; a child and now ; my daughter can retire when she pleases, sleep as late as sh e likes . and take (t easy,"- is sowing the seeds of tragedy that some day she will reap with tears and sorrow. Home should have the daily touch of kindness, should have -music and flowers and outdoor swings "and' play devices that roll on wheels' so it may be the first and best place for play and happiness. Religious teaching cannot safely be dispensed with, for in it axe found those admonitions to straightforward ness; of lifer x and '-true measuring : of real . values that never will be for gotten. . ' Let fathers and mothers make such homes for their children and "divorce will ; be to them an Impossible sug gestion. ; Let girls haye such . friends among ' young men as" can come to the home and .the pomaded youth of the - cigar - stands and Milliard halls, himself -. a ? problem of misdirected childhood,, will seek m vain for the conquests in which he and - his klndi reyeiv , - e; j If social workers and' all others In terested Inhuman welfare would make the establishment of homes their first objective j the .problem; of j the '.erring girl iand the -errant ;bpy would r ap proach' solution. - .; . NO : "CIRCLING" FOR HARDING . By Carl Smiths Washington Staff Cor ' v respondent ofThe Journal. . .Washington, July 1. Unless there is unexpected change in plans, the people of the Far West will have no opportunity to see .Senator Harding during the cam palgn.. Mr. Harding is said to be much tn earnest in the - conviction that he should make a "front porch" campaign and avoid touring the country, although he Is expected to make eight or 10 care- fully fashioned speeches in selected cities not too far. from his Ohio home.- On the other hand,' prediction is heard that be fore - the fight ends the candidate will swing through the West. No one near the senator - encourages the suggestion. It appears based on the theory that strong pressure will be exerted by West ern Republican leaders, who may repre sent that he is needed, and that if he does not go he may . lose electoral votes that .he cannot afford to disregard This Bort. of persuasion, will, be hard to re sist, and it is predicted that Harding will yield i to it when j the time . comes. despite his disinclination for this style of campaigning, His friends count upon his making friends by personal contact. He is little known in the country beyond the Mississippi and It is believed that the West will Insist upon looking him over.- , ., 1 The unfortunate experience of Hughes In- California' four years ago is recalled. Hughes Ignored Johnson and the John sonrganization, and lost the state by a few thousand votes. Johnson's ominous silence - since Harding was nominated now worries the Harding managers, and unless some ' agreement- is patched up, California -will be as dangerous for Harding as-it was for Hughes.' So far as this California embarrassment lasts. Harding will " be strongly advised r to stand . by his ifront porch policy.. The question of. a Western trip is therefore likely to be decided by the California developments. If Johnson warms up a bit, so Harding can go Into the state without being snubbed, the trip .will be made. - Otherwise it would be considered bad policy to go, or to. go into the Far West -at .all, since California could not be omitted from such a ' trip . without causing comment. If the Middle West demands the candidate, he could still make a trip through that section, taking in the Dakotaa, Nebraska - and Kansas, and going as far west at Denver. Lack of time could be pleaded as a reason for not extending the tour to the west coast., v t - ;-.,!. f ,;;;,.- a;:-:;,.;1,., Speeches made by Senator Harding during his campaign swing tn the West during March and April show that be touched repeatedly on the subject of Mexican relations, and hinted at Amerl can intervention, though without using the word "intervention. In this respect his remarks seem to run fairly well with the Republican platform, which carries the same Implication, v but without a direct statement. At Kansas City he was quoted as say ing: "Why meddle and mess '.up, things in Europe, 4000 miles away, when there 1s plenty to attract our attention on our own borders. - Mexico affronts us, kid naps our citisens and murders when we do net ransom.; - I would, rather make Mexico safe and set it aglow with the light ot new world righteousness than menace the health of the republic m old world contagion. At Colorado -Springs along -the same line. he said: ''I would rather help Mex ico to - light the illuminating torch of American righteousness and erect a-tem? pie of : security than risk 'contagion for our republic in the old world. I would substitute for 'watchful waiting and humiliation and anxiety, unmistakable understanding of just rights -and right eous .relationships, and exact fulfillment of the understanding." ;- -: , Witn only slight . variation Harding made ; the same talkaon; Mexico at other points. -,.it is ' tnougnt certain ne, wui follow the same lines in his speech of acceptance. Caution is a Harding char acteristic, and while he may continue to intimate - active interference in Mexico, he will .avoid a definite statement to that effect. . The interventionists believe that he is with them and if he becomes pres ident will - make Mexico ysafe by 'the use of the American army. ' - The Speeches at ChicagS . ' Chariea : Aubrey Eaton in Laalie'a, ' ' It is doubtful if bo- much poor nubile speaking was ever perpetrated, even in this country, by alleged orators. ; In the entire official- program f not single speech reached the level- of real great ness, while the majority of them were so poverty-stricken in thought and shabby in form as to saddn the most optimis tic observer. - ' The keynote speech of Senator Lodge was faultless in form and diction as is everything he says and writes.' But the body was not as-good as the clothes in which It appeared. f v Governor Allen, who is known as powerful . advocate, seemed to . speak without conviction in, his nomination of General Wood. - Governor Willis of Ohio struck firm when he nominated Senator Harding, and Speaker Gillette, in pre senting the name of Calvin Coolldge. de livered an. address of considerable dis tinction. . . -. Senator Johnson had the misfortune to be nominated by a gentleman whose In etinct- for saying the wrong - thing amounted almost to genius. When he finished a long bout with : the crowd, . in which he had said everything that ought not is have been iald. the Johnson can didacy was laid out, ready for burial. But for far that the. deceased might re vive, a long string; of seconders . ap peared, who each meirmsred with all seri ousness to say: something more damag ing to their candidate than the last. The women saved ihe day. They saia more in half the time than did the men, and. without exception, : their addresses were ia excellent literary tojmi " r Mrs.- Douglas Robinson's; five-minute speech In seconding the nomination of General Wood was worthy of the great Theodore himself at his best. The young and .beautiful lady from Massachusetts who spoke -v for Governor ' Coolldge (known on the stace and in the movies as Alexandra Carlisle) made the htt.of the - convention. She ought to be ap pointed instructor to all male politicians In the art of public speaking. "' One' of the high lights of Khe conven tion was a. wonderful, address by Chaon- cey M. Depew. Amidst wild cheerinsr, he was conducted to the platform and in a voice that carried withsaabsolute dis tinctness to every part of the vast build ing he delivered, a speechwhich for in clalveness of phrase, shrewd wit, pene trating . analysis and wide horisons of thought recaUed the days of the giants a generation or two ago. r Con'mmieatiflna asat to Tha Joorbal for tmblicatioQ ia thia department abonld ba written on only ona aida of tna paper, aooaui not exceea SOO word in lentth and aaxut be aicaed BJ tb writer, waoae maU -addraas in I all uuat aoooca- pany tha contribution, j . ; ' . i ; - - STILL STONING THE PROPHETS Umapine, '- June 28. To the Editor! of The Journal It is the -same old story. We are told in sacred writ that a little more than. 1900 years ago ,one who ,wa divinely called , for that purpose ". pro claimed to a world filled with hatred and strife the doctrine of peace on earth and good will toward men.' ; We J are also told that enemies, prompted by envy and greed,-persecuted, scourged. and crucified the author of this doctrine. ATo a war- cursed world, the covenant of the League Of Nations, which substitutes peaceful arbitraUorv for brutal war, ? Is ? offering today this same doctrine of peace and good will. : But enemles,moved by envy, hatred ' and - greed for - political power, have; criticized - and misrepresented the league, and have -' maligned and. perse cuted its. author almost to the verge of death. V--. ;j. ;.'; ' ' - m--k , f It is the same old story the same old struggle between ' those whoj for the cause of humanity, are striving for peace and good will, and those who, through envy and for party advantage, are trying to perpetuate the old condition of rule by force, which results in - hatred and war. - - - , Jesse Martin. ' IMAGES AND LIKENESSES Vancouver,. Wash.."' June- 27. To the Editor of The Journal Anent the law and the spirit-: The law says emphati cally, "Thou shalt not make unto thee any : graven 'Image or any likeness (mental or physical) of anything that is In heaven above, , or that ia in the earth beneath, or that ; is in the : water under the earth. Thou shalt not bow thyself down to V" worship r nor serve them. r Theological perversion of this philosophic edict has made of this earth a charnel house. Man has made unto-i himself all manner of mental likenesses of things impossible to either heaven or hell and these has he worshipped and served. He has worked for them and warred f ot- them, butchered and bled for them.. He has slaughtered and" slain for i them i He has forced hla brother man into bondage to slave for them. He has robbed the widow and the fatherless in order that he might erect temples to them. , Yet he calls these things Gods. t J. Harold, .THE. LOST AND FOUND BUREAU Portland, June 29. To the Editor of The Journal Please accept my thanks for' the services rendered the housing committee of the Shrine in jthe establish' ment by you or a "lost and found bu reau curing shrine week. -. it waa very efficiently conducted and of great ben efit in recovering loet articles. You de serve . a great deal . of credit for your enterprise and ihoughtfulness. : i,j..V;:-..-',.r:S Jc-P. 'Jaeger, ",. Chairman Shrine Sousing' Committee. . . ' MARU Coquille, June - 26. To the J Editor of The Journal: I wish you would, give me the meaning of the Japanese - word Mara as: applied to Japanese steam ers. A subscriber; .Ms present aitnlfication as an element in tha namea of ocean auamers is "ehip," though lit erallr defin,ble aa "tree." It has Immemorially been in nae,' from that very anqient date 'when tna first rode water craft were fashioned from trees, as were our Northwestern. Indiana canoea. 5 , AUNTIE'S PROPOSAL . From tha New' Haven Register "Auntie, j did you . ever - get . a pro- posai?" "Once, dear. A gentleman asked me over the telephone to marry him, but he had the wrong number. BABTS BIRTHDAY From . the London Punch Fond and Resourceful ' Mother It's baby's birthday - tomorrow. He's too young to invite cmiaren. so ,rm having 15 people in to play bridge. ' ; Curious Bits of Information . For the Curious - v Gleaned From .Curious Places The first electric illumination of New York street was attempted Decern ber 20. 1880, when a trial was given to tne new system of street lighting. 3 With the crude apparatus then in use the result was tar from brilliant, and was but .a aim lorecast or tne wonders to be ac complished In the future. As a 'result of thisvaodTether testa it was predicted oy many "experU" that electricity could never! take the place of gas as an eco nomical and efficient method ot light ing stVeeta Poor as It was, however. this f ist electric display of street Jilu- minauqn marKea tne dim beginning of the "Great White Way," and the trans-' formation of Broadway by night into a scene of dazzling splendor. The first display- of ; electric, lighting on a large scale ; was; at the Paris exposition in 1873, when the 'wonders of "the "electric candle" of Paul ' Jablochoff, a Russian engineer, startled the world. The Paris ian display, however, was dim and dull compared with the marvels since ac complished. Olden Oregon - Marion Waa One of the World's Very . , j .Largest (Jountle . Marion county, the original name ' of wmcn was. cnampoeg, or Champoick,' was one of the four, ".districts' in which the territory of Oregon was divided by the provisional government in 1843. By act of the territorial legislature: of .1849 the name-of Cnampoeg -was changed to Marion, in honor of General Francis Mar lon, one ox: tne heroes or the American revolution." Champoes-district comnrised all the territory on the east- side-of the Willamette soutn pf .a line drawn east rrom tne moutn ot JPuaamg.Anchiyoke river to the Rocky mountains and extend. ing on the south to the California bound ary. Salem, the county seat, which was founded by ; the Methodist mission in 1841. was named by David Leslie after Salem, Mass. The Indian name was Che- meaeta. . - Letters From the People 1 a mmmi.mmmmmmm- . COMMENT. AND . SMALL CHANGE i --- .'!' .', i. 1 . . .- . fa !a,T 't '- Get the flars out once more for th Fourth- of July. -r : " -.. i- . 4";- ' ' lI - M- McAdoo seems to have made mi hia mind what to do and to do It, Looks as thoueh it Is eoinc- to U dry, session in the Bay City after alL - I- - - - - r "Butter Advanced in. Iocal Marker Headline. ' Butter Strong.' as it were. This Is the ; kind of weather that makes us wish we owned a few shares of . ice - company stock. . .;. Indian War Veterans are ft srh tine- thir old battles over again, and-some of them are. iougnt reaiisucauy. too. Mrs. Georcre Bass Is buttlnsr tin a. svwmI fight to retain leadership of the women delegates at 'San Francisco.. She's no poor nan." " w w Ai There are numbers of newspaper- men on the job at San Francisco, - as you may have noticed, and on the other Bide of the meeting, as it -were, a number of ex-newspaper men are among -the lead ing , ngnts. - uovernor cox and W. J. Bryan, for instance. Republican iNomi nee Harding was also a newspaper pub lisher, and 1all is all that is keeping Eugene V. Debs out of a print shop. more qr less Personal ;, Random;.ObseryatioAS About Tow . The prospects for ' oil in the state , of , Washington are still greater than those of Texas, declares R. F. Moore ot .the Texas-Washington ; Refinery company, i who ,is drilling at Hanford, -about 60 miles from Yakima, in Benton county," on the Columbia river. -Moore hasn't struck oil yet,. but he is confident, he Is going ta "The prospects are wonderful; he says, "and we feel we shall have oil this fall. . There are the . best indications in the world and one - of the most noted geologists up there ; has given a favor able opinioru' Moore - has i been in the oil drilling - business -15 yeara " . He is staying at the' Multnomah while In the city. : '.;- Leslie Butler is at the Benson again from Hood River. This- time he is at tending the meeting of the State Tuber culosis association, - of -which he -is n active member. , Fpr Butler there ; " always something doing and he is glad to be able to do it, he saya Hood River is as beautiful as ever,. he says, as he invites everybody . around to come up and visit the wonderfully -, advertised apple country. - - ., -. , . r.. C. Al- Bartell of Cottage Grove is at the Seward. - Bartell owns the Hotel Ore gon at Cottage Grove, and is now. build ing a new hotel of 100 rooms, which-- he expects to operate with the. other, i -. 9 . Mr. and Mrs. Ed B. Castle, who have large mining -interests near Baker,: are spending: a few days at the Portland. " . - ' J ' : v.- -J.--' All sorts of growers are registered at the Imperial.- There are. Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Hinkle , of Hermlston,r. who grow alfalfa; Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Cockburn of Milton, who grow cattle" and wheat; James M. Kyle of Stanfield, .who grows peaches; Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Wilson of Redmond, ' who grow cattle and , sheep ; j. ia. , tjnapman oi i-enaieton,. wno seusjara uuus r,ui .i u things to the growers ; C. L. Darnell of Walter McCredle for the Portland club. J. E. Chapman of Pendleton, . who sells IMPRESSIONS ; AND OBSERVATIONS OF THE JOURNAL MAN - i .... - By Fred Lockley . ... i f A brief biography of Herbert Hooror by a near relative wne was a second father to him. ia' pre sented by Mr. Lockley today, and include tb principal facta of Hoorar's career from childhood to date. r - v. -I'.rVV-J',.-'-?.-' "A good; many people are very eco nomical, of .the truth."-.' said Dr... H. J. Minthorn to me a few days ago at his home in Newport. "This has been par ticularly noticeable in the case of those who have been writing of my nepnew, Herbert Hoover. - Bert would nave a hard time to be or do all the things his magazine biographers have oeen saying of him, and I am referring particularly to the so-called life of Herbert Hoover running in Everybody's Magazine.. Inas much as Bert is the son of my sister Hulda, and as ne uvea win me ai ter the death of his father and mother, I am irr a -position to know how inaccurate are many of the statements made' about his early life. r "Bert's father, Jesse Clark - Hoover. was born September 2 1847V ' He was of Quaker ancestry His , people came from Holland. He was 14 years old when the Civil war btoke out. I was a year older. I enlisted, .but Jesse Hoover and his brother Aiaen, - tnougn mere boys, had to take over the work and responsibility of men. Jesse waa a nat ural mechanic He and Atoen owned and operated a threshing machine be fore Jesse was IS years old. ' The short age, of man power on the farm during the Civil war rave a great impetus to labor saving machinery.-- Reapers, bind ers, mowers and similar machinery re placed the old scythe and cradle.; "Shortly ' after . the Civil ' war . Bert's father was appointed agent for the Mo Cormlck reaper. In those ; days these machines had not been perfected, and parts were constantly breaking or fall ing to work,; so Jesse put in a, black smith shop in- connection with his sales rooms, to repair machinery of all kinds. He traveled aU . over-; Cedar . county. Iowa, setting up and adjusting -farm machinery. He was on the way to being wealthy," for he was a fine business man and was building up- a successful farm implement and . machinery ; business, when he died. ' ' i V . . . ; -..- -r . . .' : '. ! ;-: ' "Jesse C Hoover ? married ' my sister Hulda," March 12. ' 1870. ; He ' died De cember 18, 1880. being but S years of age. He died of what the doctor called heart disease, .but the real cause of his death was over -exertion and exposure. He left three little children for my sister to "- care for. Theodorei Jesse - Hoover, the oldest, was bom January . 28. 1871. Herbert Clark Hoover was ' born r Au gust 10. 1874, and May, jtfce baby, was born September X,' 187. ? He left $2000 Insurance, made out tor the children. Hulda, his wife, was an evangelist. She died February 24. 1883. .Just before she died she left word "that she wanted me to take Bert. At the time of her death I was superintendent of the Chillocco Indian school in the 'Cherokee atrip," now a part of Oklahoma. R. Tatom, guardian of the children had, been an Indian agent at Fort Sill, and believing that the environment of an Indian agency was not -a- good place to have Bert raised in he decided to have him stay with his uncle. Aid en Hoover, Ull I went elsewhere, ' "In 1885 I came - to Newberg, Or-: to start a Quaker school. which at that time was called the .- Friends Pacific academy. I at once sent for Bert, who at this time was 11 years old. Theodore, or Tad, as we always called him, stayed with, his uncle, Davie. Hoover, and the baby-. May, stayed with my. mother. Not long after Bert came , to live with .us his brother Tad came out to Oregon to join him. Tad stayed with us awhile. Bert, though younger than T"ad, was a better hustler and, being better ac quainted in Newberg he got Tad a-Job a, nrtntr dvl on the oaoer there. Z moved to Salem in 1888 and went into partnerahip wltb-B. S, Cook in e Ore- NEWS IN BRIEF . SIDELIGHTS . " Trie people of Heppner are f or " the Chautauqua, strong, the Gazette-Times says, and that more than sufficient tick eta were contracted to assure the Chau tauqua for Heppner next year. ' "A " Tnrt1and hanker." savs the Hood River News," returning from his first trip-1 to the East, aaya: 'The west la best.' Some of us who came from the East could have told him that much and saved . his carfare.' - . The old "courthouse at Empire Is being torn ' down and a . poultry yard - is to occupy the site. The rowers ramoi comments : "It has i been r many - years since the county seat was at Empire and the building in use by the county, and It wnuld hav hiwii n fln thine it it could have" been preserved for Its historical . associations." - ; , ; .. , . ; 'j - ' The following, from the Powers Pat riot, classifies under the heading "Some Load : "W. Lee Ray's big Duplex -t our wheel drive truck brought in a load of logs Wednesday that waa probably la record In truck loads.-. Five big logs were on the car, and the stack was nearly- aa high , as the roof of some of the business houses. , Photographs were taken of the load so. that if statements are questioned concerning It in the fu ture there will be proof for verification. The Dalles, who supplies them with au tomobiles when;thy Harvest -their crops, and A. H. McDonald of Eugene, Who furnishes amusement to the Willamette valley folk in1 the way of movies. W. P.- York" of Aberdeen, Wash and Mrs.tPearl Porter of San. Francisco met at the New Perkins Wednesday for the purpose oi- matrimony.--v men ycauea to -the mind of Clerk Palmer thenumerous duties expected of a hotel pferk. ';Orie time, be said, remlnlscently; "during the busiest i hour -'..of-, the morning. I was called to a telephone; over which an ex cited .feminine .voice commanded me to come -at once to the court house.. I told her I couldn't get away that I had to run the hotel.- She became very indig nant, and said it was- an extremely Im portant matter. I told her it was also an extremely important matter -to have someone behind the desk at the hotel. I finally told her I would come at poon. They; wanted me, as a witness. She was an enormous woman he a tiny little man., When-they asked -iter age, she exclaimed Indignantly, That Is none of your business. Don't I loolc old enough to know my own business?' She did.". .' ' ;. . ' ' H. Thompson of Vancouver, B. C, is a yisltor . at ' the Multnomrfh. looking over the steel and iron prospects of i'ortiana. Thompson ' says there is a movement under way to establish a large steel mill In British Columbia to be financed by London and American capltaL -.--... The- Tammany : "party" of New York Is-expected to arrive at the Multnomah Friday night or Saturday roornlngr to remain over, a day. There are ISO in the party. , ;-.;- ' ' ; - ' ' Howard Jones of the Detroit baseball club i at the Seward while the papers are being executed tor his purchase, b gen Land company.. We hired Bert as office boy. paying him $35 a month. 1 "charged him nothing for board or lodg ing. - so he saved almost all his salary. His duties Were to open up and sweep the office, file the correspondence and drive the team when we showed tracts of prune land to prospecUve customers His chores at home were, to clean the stable and take care of the horses. "One day Bob Hendricks of the Salem Statesman came Into our office and said bis printers had struck because he waa going to put in a linotype machine. He said he was up against it . for some printers Ull his linotype machine was installed. Bert spoke up and said, My brother, Tadv at Newberg, Is a good printer." 111 send for htm if you say so.' Bob told him to have Tad come at oncel I remember very weU what Bert said to Tad when he came tn from New berg. He said. Tad, here is your Chance to make good. It may be the stepping stone to success ; so make good you may be able to work' up to-a sal ary of 20 a week. - Do your best.! Tad made good, and when the linotype was installed he learned to operate it. When Bob got a" girl to operate the linotype Tad went to San Francisco and secured work on one of the San Francisco pa pers as a linotype operator -: 1 -'; : . When Bert was about 17 Stanford university, opened its doors. Bert de cided to -go. - He had saved his wages and he had one third, of the $2000 life iasuraoce Jeft by his father, so he felt he - could see his way to get through Stanford.- After. Bert's graduation, find ing the work, of a mining neinetr was in demand be wrote Taa mat n wouia see him through Stanford and' support his - family while ' Tad was in college. Tad had married Mildred Brooks June S, 1897. and realized -that there was no great future in operating a linotype -on wages for someone else. Tad was grad uated from Stanford in due - time and Bert got him a place as mining engineer in Mexico at $5000 a year, which, by the way. Is ' a good testimonial as to the value of .educaUon; particularly, voca tional education. Later Bert had - Tad come to London to work with him there. Tad discovered a process for the reduc tion of ore' that made him a millionaire May told roe that Tad told her he had a little place out In the country and he would like her to come out and take pot luck with them. She said his little place in the country was a beautiful estate of 1400 acres near Santa Barbara, i - ... . . . . - "Bert' U well ; fixed, but he sacrificed heavily when he dropped his own busi ness and put in all his time at his own expense feeding Belgium and acting as food administrator at a dollar a. year for hla own country. I believe Tad Is better off thin Bert now. Tad is a professor at Stanford. They created a chair for him called .'graduate, depart ment of mining , engineering. Both Tad and Bert are authors of books on min ing engineering. On February 10, 1899. Bert married Leu Henry s at Monterey. His sister May married Van Leavttt March 8. 1839-. . - ' "Here Is the -family Bible owned by Bert's father and mother. Bert asked me to keep it till he settled down and had a home. . He has been on the go all the time all over the world ever since heawa graduated from Stanford, but some of these days he will settle down and I shall send it to htm. , See here is the list of the births and deaths and marrlagea of all tne family., - , .. - - .. - "Both Bert and Tad come by their executive lability honestly, for their mother. .Hulda, and .their father. Jesse, were both hard workers and both were practical and efficient. Bert . has al ways had. In addition to his executive ability, lots of steam. He is a tireless worker, and If he is satisfied that he is right he will go ahead regardless of the criticism or opposition of others.' The Oregon Country: Northwest Happeninea in 'Brief Form, . the Busy Header. .'.-'--,--' OREGON NOTES T. A. Rlnehart of Salem has been elect ed chairman of the Marion county Dem ocratic central committee. -. Two rtropos'U'rfor the consolidation of ; school districts In Curry county have been defeated at a recent election. v Under a plan adopted by Cornelia Mar vin, state librarian, reading matter is row' being, sent to the most remote parts of the state. -" " ;; ; ; A square piano which was brought to Oregon in 1851 has been presented to the McLaughlin- Memorial association by Mrs. Louise Holmes Martin. - A move has been started to request-' the coming legislature to execute pris oners condemned to death by administer- . ihg poison ' instead of hanfrfiig. Edwin -C.r Wiedmafer of Portland has been recommended by Colonel Creed J lammond ; for second lieutenant of In fantry.; He ia only 20 years of. age. As a result of a meeting called at Sa lem by the Oregon Fruit Growers asso ciation, grading of apples and pears will be standard for the Northwest stales. ' Applications for motor vehicle oper ators' licenses have reached the total of 40,000. It is estimated that the grand total will be between 125.000 and. 100,- -. 000. ' , - - ' That the lumber industry is slack In Cooe county Is Indicate ry tne numrer of loggers drifting into MarshfteM. Two mills XUftVv saui uunn lux ii uiuci nil lu time. . , s According to Labors Commissioner Gram there would bo t shortage , of labor In Oregon it finetril-loyed persona would take work ouisiqe tneir regular - calling. .. " Bv Secretary Cranstori'of Pendleton It i is estimated, that the census report will show an increase of 45 per cent in popu lation, the total of which wtaapproxi- j mate jouo. . ; . ,..-.r-:-- Govemor Olco'tt has. in company with governors of other states, issued a proc-. tarnation urging enlistment in tne unitea States navy. The quota recommenuea from Oregon Is 600. According to the report of the post- master at Salem the revenue of his of fice from the sale or stamps tne past fiscal year was $7392. Second. class mail matter brought S66i4 ana matter irom the state offices $14,260. In reply to a query from the district attorney, of Grant county. Attorney Gen eral Brown has given the opinion that no official or person has authority to suspend the enforcement of the statute prohibiting minors from playing" pool. v . ; t WASHINGTON About 250 Knlchts of Pythias attended the banquet which marked the opening of the district convention at Northport. ' Walla Walla'a new traffic -ordinance. making parents responsible for. acts of their children, la to be tested in the courts. ; . To expedite-the handling of letter mail the employes of the Colfax poBtoffu-e have purchased and Installed a stamping machine.. - If the streetcar fare .is raised trt 10 . cents at Tacoma Commissioner r red Shoemaker predicts a revival of the jit ney ousses. ... .. ... Th itv cnnncll of North rxrt has or dered cement sidewalks built on Summit avenue from Fourth street-west and also, on Columbia avenue. Arirtttinnnl tflfnhone lines, are being onn.t nir-tArl hv the forest service in the Wenaha forest for fire protection and new trails are being duuu ; Th iiriiin arvlcft commission is hiar- ino- h nrotest of Yakima valley cities against the propoaed increase of rates by the facinc .power company. -. . Vr.ni-ls TI. Cook. nubHsher of the first newspaper in Spokane and -owner of the first streetcar, has died after a lingering: .. illness. He sUrted the Spokane Tinpes in 1878. Vra Borden; for two years superin tendent of the Valley schools, has ten dered his resignation ana it. w. naoin, superintendent of school at Curlew, was, elected in his stead; -. Washoueal will celebrate the Fourth with an old-time celebration. Music will . Kb furnished hv a Portland'-band and cash prises will be offered to the finest lioata ana iwuiesi ruuncn. Th immMlsU exoendlture of at least $25,000 for a building at the site of the proposed Indian mission acnooi vn m Yakima reservation to be operated by the Christian church la being planned. - ; ." ; .'" ; idaho . The First National bank of Fairfield has closed its doors and Is now in the hands of a receiver. . , - - Expenses of Twin Falls municipal government during the ensuing year are estimated at $273,294.. an Increase of $67,345 over last year's budget. Preparations for the annual confer ence of county superintendents are being" msde by Miss Ethel - Redfleld, state superlnUndent of - public instruc tion. , : ' The first unit of Black canyon will5 be in readiness for land owners next summer, according to a letter received from the project director of the Boiae Payette project, i- Wool growers of the upper Snake river valley have finished the seaeon s wool clip but are concerned about find-, ing a market for it. The clip was about the same as last year. According to a decision of thethird Judicial district court the state dental board can not revoke the license of an advertising dentist. The case will prob ably be appealed to the supreme-court. Uncle Jeff Snow Says: Around Gresham there ain't but only one thing t$ think about and that's the big doln's on July 6, where I reckon thefe'li be a Fourth of July eelebratioa that'll -make a record, seeln's the Amer ican Legion lias a holt of It- Opal Phillips is to be GodUess of .Liberty, and Vivie. Lovelace, La. Verne Mauldlng. Winnie St. Clalrand 4Gertie Bruiter will be Columby. Quef n of Flowers, Star-eyed Goddess of Democracy and Maid' of Mt. Hood, and so on, I reckon. Anyway, the Corners folks Is all a-goin'. and tf John D. don't 'low us no gasoline we'll hitch un the hosses to a farm wagon and go the old-fashioned way. which is the best way to travel anywaj, to my way of thlnkin'. The average grown up is a email boy or gal, only they atnH so. spry, but they all love .a big country doln's and a Fourth of July oration Jlst 'fore a big feed, which is all on the Gresham program. Grain and Flour Constitute One of Oregon's Biggest ' Production Facts. 1 To get away from frulta and len upon the staff of life for a minute. Manager Clark of Associated Indus tries has Just computed that last, year Oregon produced 3,800,000 barrels of flour. The daily, capacity of some 112 mills is nearly 22,000r' barrels. Of te 3.800,000 barrels referred to 2,500,00a were exported, the value of the entlrevout put being $39,000,000. - Allow one-half pound of flour to the loaf ofVbread, and Oregon's mills grind enough ' flour ! every year to make 380,000,000 loaves 4v bread, which would provide a loaf and a half a day for every person In the state. . -.The wheat also makes milk and ham and bacon and beef. . . One of the big side products of flour milling Is the manufacture of feed for dairy cows, hogs and(.beef cattle. The more nriy -Oregon's ; wheat production passes through the milling process - before it Is sent to make bread for Oregonlans and the people of Europe,' the Orient and Alaska, the more the profits of the whole grain Industry remain to Increase the prosperity of Oregon..